A Florida airport is officially renamed for Trump. What does he stand to gain?

[Dulcinea]

(NPR) It's official: President Donald J. Trump International Airport is open for business.

The South Florida facility was called Palm Beach International Airport for over half a century until Thursday, when a months-old state law took effect, adding the airport to the growing list of places and things that now bear President Trump's name.

Trump flies in and out of this airport relatively often, as it's mere miles from his oceanfront estate, Mar-a-Lago. The lifelong New Yorker declared Palm Beach his permanent residence in 2019, and travels there regularly from the White House. More than 8 million passengers fly through its airport each year, on over a dozen airlines.

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/09/nx-s1-5825868/trump-airport-florida-pbi-trademark

[TommieMommy]

1. 🤢🤮🤢

[Omnipresent]

2. There's nothing like naming things after a deeply unpopular president.

I will make sure to never use that airport again!

[Freddie]

4. I have to use it

20 minutes from my son’s house (FLL is 1.5 hrs). Will always be PBI. How much is this costing taxpayers, and how much will it cost when they change it back? Somehow there’s no Richard M. Nixon Airport.

[Omnipresent]

5. I know.

Who knew past republican presidents showed some restraint?

[tanyev]

3. Every time he flies in or out, he now gets to hear the pilot say his name several times.